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able thing. I learned hereby, to be humbled to the 

 dust, and to adore thy condescension, that thou art 

 pleased from heaven, the dwelling place of thy 

 Majesty, to take care of such a worm as mau, sinful 

 man ! 



5. In the contemplating thy power and wisdom, in 

 creating and governing the world, I have learned 

 submission to thy will,, as being the will of that most 

 wise God, that by his wisdom not only created at 

 first, but still governs all things. I have learned to 

 depend npoii thy providence, who, though I am but 

 a worm in comparison of thy heavenly works, yet am 

 an excellent creature in comparison of the ravens, 

 and the herbs of the field. Yet those he feeds, and 

 these he clothes : and shall he not much more clothe 

 and feed me ? Thus, I have, in some measure, im- 

 proved the ialeat of thy works, to trace out thy Ma- 

 jesty, and my own duty. 



Now is it vain or fruitless labour, thus to survey 

 the wonderful works of God 7 And yet it is certain, 

 we may run to excess, even in enquiries of this na- 

 ture. We may spend far more time and pains there- 

 in, than is consistent either with religion or reason- 

 Have we not a curious instance of this in the writings 

 of a late eminent pSiilosopher ; at the same time, a 

 divine by profession, and rector of a considerable 

 parish. "During the whole time,"' says he/' that f 

 have resided here, t have not been able, by all my 



